Where does Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd. ranks #3,182 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd. hold?

Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd. holds 118 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 47.9 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +15% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.'s patents average 7.7 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd. focus on?

Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles) with 107 patents. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 118 granted patents across 34 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nishikawa ranks #3,182 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 118 patents across 34 technology areas.

#3,182
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.9/100): 7.7
avg claims per patent: +15%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3182 · Foreign Corporation #3,182 · 118 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 118 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,182/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Holley Performance…
CPC-FOCUS B60J · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +15% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Holley Performance Products, Inc. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Global IP Holdings · near

48
Ab Initio Technology · near

48
Aixtron SE · near

48
Connaught · near

48
Nishikawa Rubber · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nishikawa's Innovation Score is 47.9/100 (top 18% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Where Nishikawa's grants concentrate

Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 90.7% of grants classified under B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (16 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2016. By volume, Nishikawa sits between Holley Performance Products, Inc. and Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation.

Nishikawa's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd. moved from 39 to 36 grants (0.92x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,400. See the growth leaderboard.

Holley Performanc…

118
Intrinsic Innovat…

118
Leadtrend Technol…

118
LS Mtron

118
Nexperia B V

118
Optim

118
Ontel Products

118
Samsung Life Publ…

118
Nishikawa Rubber ◀

118

What this shows Nishikawa holds 118 patents at rank #3,181, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nishikawa

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,181 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60J (Windows)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Nishikawa's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nishikawa, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Connaught Electronics Ltd. 48 Ab Initio Technology LLC 48 Aixtron SE 48 Global IP Holdings, LLC 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.7 here).

ELC Management LLC 7.7 avg University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 7.7 avg HCT Group Holdings Limited 7.7 avg PHC Holdings Corporation 7.7 avg

Nishikawa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	7.6%
2016	5	4.2%
2017	12	10.2%
2018	11	9.3%
2019	15	12.7%
2020	16	13.6%
2021	8	6.8%
2022	16	13.6%
2023	8	6.8%
2024	12	10.2%
2025partial year	6	5.1%

Which technologies does Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd. patent most?

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 107

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 25

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 19

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 17

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 9

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 8

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 6

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 5

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 5

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 4

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

Top 15 of 34 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,182

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

47.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles), 90.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60J
Ranked #3,182 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd. against Holley Performance Products, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.9/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

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Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

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